Pacific Northwest Sport Fishing


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Bite Me Tournament Report Day - 5-15-08

Fished our second day in the Hatteras Village Offshore Open. Not much to report from today, towed the big plugs around all day today also, had a couple of small dolphin impale themselves on our baits that was about it. The Brother's Pride weighed in a 454# and several others were released. Probably  Full Story »

Bite Me Report - 5-14-08

Day one of the Hatteras Village Offshore Open. We spent the day dragin big plugs around looking for the big blue bruiser. We did not see a billfish, we did catch two dolphins, we weighed the largest, caught by John, but it was not in the money for us. It was a really  Full Story »

Oregon Inlet Fishing Center Report 5-14-08

Two boats fished offshore. Conditions after the windy past two days required special considerations. Today there is hardly any wind at all giving things a chance to settle down. The fishing was very good. Lots of tuna both blackfins and yellowfins. Some very nice size yellowfins. One 70 pounder and  Full Story »

Riptide Charters 5-16-08 Buzzards Bay Report

Another day another run into Buzzards Bay. I worked last night so I met Pink, Drew and Ray at Bourne Marina around 0730. It was a late start but this time of year thats not such a big deal. We ran out and blew past some of the smaller pods  Full Story »

Blue Dragon Black Drum 5-15-08

Well it started like one of "those days" I had to call off of work because the WORTHLESS babysitter screwed my daughter up so after a nice change of pace listening to the goo's gaas and all that other great things that go with parenthood i heared the words from  Full Story »

Clean Sweep Bass Report 5-15-08

We left the dock late because of the tide, Capt Timmy had John Wheeler group & I had Lou Carleo group. (sorry Lou if I misspelled you name) I got to our spot first and as soon as I got the last rod out we had one on! The bite  Full Story »

Freshwater Fishing Reports 5-14-08

Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Week of May 14, 2008 Water Body Report ALAN HENRY Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 1.64' low. Black bass are good on green pumpkin or black/blue jigs, white spinnerbaits and pumpkin/chartreuse soft plastics fished shallow along timber and rocky points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. AMISTAD Water clear; 69  Full Story »

Maryland DNR Fishing Overview 4-30-08

Overview Maryland fishermen have been enjoying a wide variety of fishing opportunities this past week and for many of us it is hard to believe that May is almost here. Fishermen find themselves into the second week of the Spring Striped Bass Season and we were flooded with pictures of fishermen  Full Story »

Sacramento River Trout 4-27-08

All River Fishing Guide: Jason Thatcher Jason@AllRiverFishing.com , Cell (916) 997-2765Sunday, April 27, 2008 Fishing was hot and cold today, when we found a pocket of biters it was great...otherwise we were hunting and scratching one here and one there. Terry did a great job learning the ropes from casting, to mending,  Full Story »

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HOGSTY REEF - Worth the Run?

By Capt. Trey Rhyne Day 1 - Long Island to Albert Town, Long Cay We departed Flying Fish Marina around 10:30am on Tuesday April 22nd with our group of 3 crew and 3 guests. Earlier that morning we took on an extra 150 gallons of fuel, to further the range of  Full Story »

Published May 4, 2008

Sea Witch: From Start to Finish

Today I am going to go through the process that I use to make a Sea Witch and, to rig it up for trolling. The first thing I do with all my sea witch heads is I paint the eyes black. You can use permanent markers or my preferred method of  Full Story »

Published May 4, 2008

Wired Stripers: Wire Line Trolling For Big Bass

By Capt. John A. Cafiero Seafood Fishing Charters (609) must admit, catching stripers fishing with wire is one of my least desirable ways to fish for them. It is tiring to haul them in and it's frustrating to deal with the wire not getting kinked. It almost seems like it  Full Story »

Published May 4, 2008

BIG FISH I HAVE KNOWN....

Author's Note: When one spends a lot of time at sea over a multitude of years and seasons, it is easy to become blase about what one sees and what one does. Included among the memories of good and bad times, of ferocious weather and rosy golden sunsets, are  Full Story »

Published May 4, 2008

MADEIRA 1993 - An Excerpt from the Days of Sharp Learning Curves

Author's Note: Originally written soon after the event in 1993 for the Sport Fishing Club of Great Britain's yearly magazine, this revised version appeared in New Zealand Fishing News in 2006. As will be seen, this adventure takes place well before I learn the good stuff from Capt Bark  Full Story »

Published May 4, 2008

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"Fishery Failure" Declared for West Coast Salmon Fishery

May 1, 2008 Declaration Clears Path for Congressional Action Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery due to historically low salmon returns. Also today, NOAA's Fisheries Service issued regulations to close or severely limit recreational and commercial salmon fishing in the  Full Story »

Published May 1, 2008

ODFW Reopens Tuesday Fishing on Columbia

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 3406 Cherry Avenue N.E. Salem, OR 97303Main Phone (503) 947-6000(800) 720-ODFW (6339)Contact:Chris Kern (971) 673-6031Jessica Sall (503) 947-6023Fax: (541) 673-0372 Date: April 24, 2008 Salmon, steelhead and shad fishing remains closed; river opens for bass, walleye Clackamas, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced  Full Story »

Published April 24, 2008

Waiting list developed for hagfish permits

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 3406 Cherry Avenue N.E. Salem, OR 97303Main Phone (503) 947-6000(800) 720-ODFW (6339) Date: April 24, 2008 Contact: Brandon Ford (541) 867-4741 Fax: (541) 867-0311 NEWPORT, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will accept applications for hagfish developmental fisheries permits from April 28 to May 2. Those  Full Story »

Published April 24, 2008

Sea lion relocation to begin April 24

Contact: WDFW - Craig Bartlett, 360-902-2259, (cell) 360-480-1227 ODFW - Rick Hargrave, 503-947-6020, (cell) 503-559-1592 April 23, 2008 OLYMPIA-The Washington and Oregon departments of Fish and Wildlife plan to begin relocating a number of California sea lions tomorrow morning from the Columbia River to several zoological facilities across the country. Any relocated  Full Story »

Published April 23, 2008

ODFW to Host Youth Fishing Event at Hebo Lake

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 3406 Cherry Avenue N.E. Salem, OR 97303Main Phone (503) 947-6000(800) 720-ODFW (6339) Date: April 22, 2008 Contact: Tracy Crews (503) 842-2741, ext. 244 Fax: (503) 842-8385 Tillamook, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a free youth fishing event at Hebo Lake in Hebo  Full Story »

Published April 22, 2008




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